Like I said on the 1995 thread, the Golden Age of Gaming has shifted into gear. This year is no exception, and the trend is even going up and will still be going up for the next couple of years. I mean, look at the list. Both of them.
Here in Europe, the N64 wasn't released until 1997 so the N64 games for me, are 1997 games, but obviously, that doesn't make them less good. The mentioned N64 games here; Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Wave Race 64 and Star Wars Shadows of the Empire, have all been played to death by yours truly and two of them are really special. Then, besides that, there's the likes of Pokémon, which while not released in Europe until as late as 1999 became one of my greatest addictions for a while. I cannot just ignore that. I owned the Blue version. Furthermore I played Quake, Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Crash Bandicoot, Duke Nukem 3D, C&C Red Alert and Donkey Kong Country 3 just from the lists here. There's probably a bunch more which I can't even remember right now. Crash Bandicoot in particular deserves a shoutout, the start of a great series, but its two sequels were better.
Still though, like 1995, this year has a very clear winner. The game that's basically the perfect game. It embodies what it is to be a video game and it is one of the most important games ever made. This is of course Super Mario 64. What I mentioned Yoshi's Island was for 2D platforming, Super Mario 64 is for 3D platforming. It is fun, it is intuitive, it has the greatest levels, a perfect difficulty curve, the most memorable music and last but not least Charles Martinet's iconic voice-work.
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